Carmina Burana (Cantiones Profanae)
Carmina Burana is a cantata composed in 1935 and 1936 by Carl Orff, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana. Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis ("Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magical images"). It was first performed by the Oper Frankfurt on 8 June 1937. It is part of Trionfi, a musical triptych that also includes Catulli Carmina and Trionfo di Afrodite.
Movements
- O Fortuna, velut Luna
- Fortune plango vulnera
- Ecce gratum
- Tanz: Uf dem anger
- Floret silva nobilis
- Were diu werlt alle min
- Amor volat undique
- Ego sum abbas
- In taberna quando sumus
- In trutina
- Dulcissime
- Ave, formosissima
- Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi
Most recent recordings
- Orff: Carmina Burana 'Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae' (Remastered 2022, Version 1952) — Carl Orff, Bavarian Radio Chorus (2022) Spotify
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